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- US Senator Edward Kennedy, Patriarch of Powerful Political Family, Dies
- 爱德华‧甘迺迪将被安葬於阿灵顿国家公墓
- U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy, one of the longest-serving and most influential lawmakers in U.S. history, has died at the age of 77.
- 美国参议员爱德华‧甘迺迪因脑癌去世，终年 77 岁；是美国歷史上最具影响力的议员之一。
- He was the youngest brother of the late U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
- 他是已故总统约翰‧甘迺迪最小的弟弟。
- Kennedy's family says he died late Tuesday at his home in the small Massachusetts coastal town of Hyannis Port.
- 爱德华‧甘迺迪的家人说，他星期二晚些时候在麻萨诸塞州小镇海恩尼斯港的家中去世。
- The Democratic senator had been suffering from an incurable form of brain cancer for a little more than a year.
- 这位民主党参议员一年多以前被诊断患有无法治愈的脑癌。
- In a statement, the family described him as "the irreplaceable center of our family and joyous light in our lives."
- 他的家人发表声明，形容爱德华‧甘迺迪是“我们家庭不可取代的中心人物，是我们眼中令人愉快的光亮”。
- He is to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery, the final resting spot of his brothers former President Kennedy and former Senator Robert Kennedy.
- 甘迺迪将被安葬在阿灵顿国家公墓，那里安葬着他的两个哥哥，前总统约翰。甘迺迪和前参议员罗伯特‧甘迺迪。
- Ted Kennedy had been missing in the U.S. Senate for much of this year due to his illness, forcing him to work on his lifelong signature issue, a national health care system, from his Hyannis Port home.
- 爱德华‧甘迺迪今年大部分时间都无法在参议院工作，只能在海恩尼斯港的家中推动他毕生最具代表性的议题 - 全国医疗保健系统。
- He represented Massachusetts in the U.S. Senate from 1962, when he was elected to the seat previously held by President Kennedy.
- 自从 1962 年获选接替他的哥哥 - 美国总统约翰‧甘迺迪在参议院的席位后，爱德华‧甘迺迪就一直在美国参议院代表麻萨诸塞州。
- During his Senate career, he was a strong champion of liberal causes, including civil rights, education and immigration, in addition to health care. He often worked with Republicans to get legislation passed.
- 在他的参议员生涯中，他一直是大力推动自由派议题的领头人，议题包括民权、教育、移民和医疗。
- President Barack Obama, whom Kennedy endorsed during the 2008 presidential campaign, awarded the ailing senator the Presidential Medal of Freedom earlier this month.
- 在 2008 年总统大选中得到爱德华‧甘迺迪支援的奥巴马总统最近授予他总统自由勋章。
- Kennedy was not present at the White House ceremony.
- 甘迺迪没有出席在白宫举行的授勋仪式。
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- Taiwan's Opposition Invites Dalai Lama to Visit Typhoon Victims
- 臺民进党邀达赖喇嘛赴臺為遇难者祈祷
- Opposition party officials in Taiwan have invited Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, to visit the island to pray for victims of a devastating typhoon that hit earlier this month.
- 台湾的反对党官员邀请西藏流亡精神领袖达赖喇嘛访台，為本月初灾难性颱风中的遇难者祈祷。
- The officials who extended the invitation to the Dalai Lama are local government leaders in southern Taiwan, the area worst hit by the passage of Typhoon Morakot.
- 向达赖喇嘛发出访台邀请的官员是台湾南部的地方政府领导人；台湾南部一些地区遭受莫拉克颱风的重创。
- They all are members of the Democratic Progressive Party, which has criticized the government of President Ma Ying-jeou for its handling of the typhoon.
- 这些地方官员都是民进党员；民进党对马英九政府处理救灾不当大加抨击。
- Dalai Lama spokesman Tenzin Takhla said Wednesday in India that the spiritual leader has accepted the invitation to visit southern Taiwan in principle.
- 达赖喇嘛的发言人丹增塔拉星期叁在印度说，达赖喇嘛在原则上接受访问台湾南部的邀请。
- But Takhla said the Dalai Lama will not make the trip unless Mr. Ma's government approves it.
- 但是丹增塔拉说，只有马英九政府批准，达赖喇嘛才会应邀访台。
- Beijing accuses the Dalai Lama of seeking independence for Tibet and strongly criticizes other governments for hosting him.
- 北京指责达赖喇嘛谋求西藏独立，并强烈批评有些国家的政府邀请达赖喇嘛访问。
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